向かい腹

当腹、 嫡腹

Reading

Kana: むかいばら

Romaji: mukaibara

Definition

noun

1

child born to one's legal wife (as opposed to one's concubine, etc.)

Note: archaism

Kanji

向

Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い

Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

腹

Readings: フク、 はら

Meanings: abdomen, belly, stomach

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

嫡

Readings: チャク、 テキ

Meanings: legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard)